Elaine

Very sad news, we both enjoy their programmes and a lot of small and artisan food producers in this country are better off for the publicity they gained from a visit from Si and Dave.

We had a Lima motor bogie where the plates on the commutator measured a high impedance, all the windings were fine, it didn't run hot., it just ran very slowly, we exchanged the armature and all good, if your windings are fine, consider fitting your slow armature into a Lima 09 for nice slow running.

Jammie Rings, they are always the first to go out of the biscuit box and must not forget the dead fly (Garibaldi) too

Wrong, try again....🤫

Yes you managed two of your five a day with the strawberry and the mushy peas!

We all had a really enjoyable weekend at the show and great to see so many regular customers and a big thank you to the gentleman who found the secret to getting to the front of the crowd at my stand, help me by refilling it... Saturday evening Doncaster is now Fish and Chips over the road at the Old Fire Station with a knickerbocker glory for pud , washed down with a pint of dandelion and burdock and a good chat, all booked in for a trip down south to Allie Pallie next month too.

The Royal Mail strikes are proving hassle for all online retailers, most of my customers have been patient, but even the most patient get itchy after 2 weeks, the delays seem really random, some parcels 2nd Class signed arrive in 3 days others are taking over two weeks, all we are saying is sorry but we cannot guarantee a delivery before Christmas, in 16 years of sending thousands of parcels annually we have only had one get completely lost, some very slow and some returned undelivered, but they arrive, so not bad stats. My Post Office did say they didn't want to see us until Friday this week as on occasions they have not even had the van collect the evening before a strike day.

Bring back Battlespace and the Giraffe car yes please who doesn't love the Turbo Car

Good luck with that, we will be aiming to be spot on time to get the full use of our 1 hour slot inside the zone, please remember I am the alternative B31, wonder if I will get the heart after my company name from the person with the chalk....! as I did back in 2018 🧐

Stand E11 is Attwood Aggregates and is on the floor plan, Stand E11A is Keeping it Rusty is not on the floor plan, with a lot of last minute changes the floor plan should not have been put into the public domain, is this the reason why the 2019 floor plan is still on the website?? just hope all of the corrections are sorted for the happy band of "Yellow Canary" volunteers helping people find stands and on the website version for people planning their route around the hall.

As we knew our stand number on the floor plan was incorrect, and had reported it to the committee at the beginning of October, my husband spent half-an-hour this afternoon and has reviewed the Warley floor plan against the exhibitor list for errors and has spotted the following: Elaine's Trains - Stand B38, there are two stand B31s on the floor plan Keep It Rusty - Stand E11A, not on floor plan Rapido Trains - Stand A58A - not on floor plan Saddletank Books - Stand B79A - not on floor plan Both SE Finecast and Squires are both shown as A58 Telford Steam Railway - Stand C7, there is an unlabelled stand where C7 would be York Model Railway Show - Stand A57, there are only stands A57A-A57T, no A57. Stand D31 is unoccupied He's also noticed that Stewart Blencowe's stand has moved considerably to be by the entrance and the Austrian Railway Group's stand has been moved to the rear of the hall, away from the other continental club stands. Also, a number of layouts are not shown in bold on the exhibitor list. Hopefully this is helpful.

Post Covid we started the years exhibitions with Doncaster and will finish with Warley, my smaller local shows are very enjoyable, as trade we always consider getting fed as a very welcome bonus and are always grateful, even free tea all weekend is one less thing to think about when packing, the flasks get a weekend off and we don't over work the small hotel room kettles. Most of my shows have been very well attended, even through the summer a few people were wearing masks, my event calendar is filling up nicely for 2023 so let's hope we are back to normal now.

Van loaded, this is a new show for us, although we already do two Milton Keynes shows we are looking forward to seeing lots of regular customers and plenty of new ones.

From my experiences immaculate Tri-ang locos are still out there hiding in attics waiting to be found, with collectors always looking to improve on pieces they have to display and many still run them, you are certainly better off obtaining a scruffy one to restore and detail up, or consider one of the new Hornby examples where they have improved the running quality by adding pick ups to the front pony and it will run through modern Peco and Hornby point work with no hopping or derailing.

Another spotted on exhibition travels, Alexandra Palace service yard entrance.

As a lot of us are travelling to a show this weekend, thought this was a good one to share, this was one we spotted whilst driving down the A1 to Allie Pallie earlier in the year, before you all shout at me for using my phone whilst driving, my passenger took the photo....!

Just found this thread, and loving the signs, here is one from Didcot Civic Centre....

Just having a few days in the Peak District and wanted to be able to say I had walked a small bit of Woodhead as it closed as I was just getting my first train set, not expecting to be greeted with National Grid taking the place apart, I agree, looks like an art installation, pleased with how the photos came out considering only taken on my 4 year old Apple phone.

Following the thread of loosing pylons, an interesting sight greeted us at Dunford Bridge on the Woodhead Line in late July, National Grid are decommissioning 7 pylons, and putting all lines underground on the approach to the tunnels, they call it "restoring the landscape". the Trans Pennine trail has a temporary footpath, hope to return later in the year and do some more photos.

A big thank you to all at the Milton Keynes Model Railway Society for an excellent exhibition last Saturday, it is always daunting moving a well established show to a new venue and time of the year, it was great to see so many regulars, the food was great although I did have a large ice cream and then a burger, if you couldn't make Saturday we will be back in Milton Keynes for the SilverFox Group show on Saturday 20th at Oakgrove School as well as being at Loughborough exhibition that weekend too.

View from below.....!

View from below.....!

My first Tri-ang victim in 16 years of handling these loco's, Hornby LMS Princess Elizabeth from Royal Train Set R1057 has been flagged up this week to me, Hornby were contacted reply " not a known issue with this model" frustratingly we are dealing 3 Hornby Railroad 9Fs in the sick bay, 2 with tender chassis rot, replacing internal unit frame with class 47 and one locomotive chassis frame bent like a banana fitting a UK made chassis block which needs a new valve gear mount making.

The team and myself had a great weekend running the stand, thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello and Warners for a well organised show, just great to be back out and about again, and yes the Whitby fish and chips across the road were lovely followed by sherry trifle, hope to see loads of you down in London next month.

It is not the same league as York......!